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October 09, 2006
Not your father's recliner
So Jason and I made a trek to Omaha yesterday in search of furniture. The quest for a couch is becoming a saga. No luck as such, but we did end up making a purchase. That's right. This old school beauty (in red!)--or one very much like it, I honestly couldn't tell the styles apart, they're all very puffy--will soon grace the corner behind the door formerly (well, still, actually) known as the L'Abri corner. No, really, I'm not kidding.
Now I hope at least some of you are appalled that a woman of such impeccable taste as myself would actually allow onto the main level of my home a rocker recliner (as everyone knows, recliners come from bachelor pads; they go directly, do not pass go, to the basement or other preapproved boys-allowed-to-decorate space; comfortable as they may be, they're ugly). To you I say, yes it may be ugly, yes it may be puffy, but don't knock it 'til you've tried it, doubter. And when you do try it, bring a lot of books and be prepared to beg to have your meals brought to you for the rest of your natural life. Because, I'm warning you, you're not gonna want to leave.
Posted by Renae at October 9, 2006 10:50 AM
Wow... Speechless here. (And yet, I'd like to make an appointment with the puffy red chair and a glass of fake purified water.)
Posted by RT at October 9, 2006 02:19 PM
Hey, don't tell all my secrets! ;)
Posted by Renae at October 9, 2006 02:27 PM
you could give birth in that chair.
Posted by caron at October 9, 2006 03:02 PM
Actually, be prepared to fight ME. Once my butt hits those red, puffy cushions, I don't plan on leaving for a long time.
Posted by Jason at October 9, 2006 05:32 PM
Renae, now I know why this was so comical to you yesterday when you were telling me about it.
It's one of THOSE recliners!!! I love it! Can't wait to have a looksy. Red. Is this because you and Jason are such big husker fans?
Posted by joie at October 10, 2006 09:07 AM
Renae, I will admit to being a bit surprised at your choice... but I will also admit to being envious. Even though Covenant Seminary is probably the world's best seminiary, the couches that it provides for its students are probably the most uncomfortable in the world. Perhaps the next time I come to town, I shall have to camp in the L'abri corner!
Posted by Nathaniel at October 10, 2006 10:49 PM
It is tragic that such comfortable chairs have to be so unattractive. Maybe that should be my first invention...
Posted by charity at October 11, 2006 08:56 AM
Comfortable, yes. . But h-how ever did you cross over? - to even contemplating "how about a big ugly chair on the main floor?" to the, "Yes. The comfort exceeds the ugly." to the "I want the big ugly in my home."
My theory: you guys were tired in the Mart, parked it in two of those Big Reds, and voila!
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